[Territory Public Chat Channel]
[March 5, Year 2 of the Wasteland Calendar]
[Today’s weather: light snow. Temperature: minus 5 degrees ~ minus 15 degrees]
[Updated scope of activities: the entire territory (the three regular routes have free shuttle buses every morning, noon and evening, and the remaining routes can be chartered at your own expense); Qinggang The western suburbs of the city (when entering the control area of allies, please do not make noises and cause trouble, otherwise you will be dealt with strictly in accordance with territorial laws); the fifth ring road of Qinggang City (there are many mutated plants, or there may be attacks by radioactive beasts, please be careful when entering)]
< br>[New exploration point: Red Core Shelter (now open, need to obtain approval before going)]
[Small speaker from the Territory: Coming from about 600 kilometers north, we have found 373 lucky people. We are now on the troop carrier returning to the territory. We will arrive at the territory in the evening. There are many professionals among the lucky ones. Interested bosses can come to the General Administration of Work in advance to check and make reservations. ]
[Today’s recommended store:]
[Today’s recommended recipe:]
Just as the survivors were on their way back, a new store was also opened in the territory. day.
Since most factories already have indoor factories, the impact of this light snow is actually not great. Only industries such as construction, agriculture, and mining that are already weak in winter are affected.
Hope village.
The asphalt-paved central road had been cleared of snow by cleaning workers early on, and snowdrifts were piled on the roadside, waiting to be taken to the Bagua furnace for burning.
Although some cement roads were not separated in such a timely manner, there was only a thin layer of snow on them, as soft as cotton.
The transplanted saplings on both sides of the road had lost their leaves some time ago and were bare, looking a bit desolate.
But now with the decoration of snowflakes, it looks like the heavy snow is brewing with life.
The residential houses scattered among the roads have now reached a certain scale.
Prefab houses of the past have all been eliminated and replaced with reinforced concrete earthquake-resistant structures.
The two-story buildings are connected in series from the street to the end of the street. Only one row can accommodate 80 upper and lower 80 independent rooms, a total of 160 independent rooms.
The accommodation in the room was not as tense as it was at the beginning, with dozens or hundreds of people crowded together.
This winter, the space of each room has increased to twenty square meters.
Entering it, there is a small living room of about five square meters, which can also be said to be a public small kitchen.
On both sides are bedrooms separated by simple board walls. Each bedroom can accommodate only four people at most.
Although it is still not possible for everyone to have an independent private space, it is much better than before.
At this time, the villagers holding hot breakfast in their hands were filing out of the house, laughing and chatting, while heading to the connection point between Hope Village and Longteng Village.
Living in Hope Village and working in Longteng Village has become the norm for most people.
The commute time on both sides is about forty minutes.
Taking advantage of this period of time, the villagers can just finish their breakfast and check the chat panel to see what new announcements there are today or what new news there is in other parts of the world.
How do you say that, when you are in the wasteland, you have to broaden your horizons.
Otherwise, during the lunch break every day, when everyone gets together to brag, they won’t be able to find a place to say a few words.
“Hey, there are finally new survivors joining us. It’s not easy in this snowy day.”
"I heard that the territory has recently set up a search and rescue team. They should have taken the initiative to search and rescue them."
"This group of people is so lucky. It's 600 kilometers away. It only takes more than half a month to walk."< br>
“That’s the truth. When our Harvest Tribe came over, some people’s feet had several layers of skin worn off.”
“It’s good to have more people. Our factory is short of people now. As a result, we couldn’t find any manpower.”
“My opponent, our mining farm is also short of manpower, but there is no place to look for these people unless we go to those little fishmen.”
"Forget it, it's okay for the little fish people to build buildings, but mining should not harm others."
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For new survivors to join, almost all villagers have hundreds of One hundred percent friendly attitude.
This is related to the current environment and rules of the territory, and also to the extremely smooth development of the manufacturing industry.
Every factory now has manpower, let alone expanding production, and the existing production scale requires overtime work to complete.
It's certainly a good thing for new people to come in.
For those factory owners, the new labor force will naturally make the development speed several times faster.
Including the owners of several shops, they even started to take action. After all, everyone knew that newcomers’ labor was the cheapest and would definitely be several times cheaper than the old fried dough sticks in the village.
If you want to develop the store, you need a few more new people to take advantage of it
Oh no, a few more new people are needed to help!
Of course, not everyone is so optimistic, and many people are worried.
The addition of new people means that the current competition will definitely become more intense.
Sitting on the wicker chair in front of the shop, the 'Youyou Fire King' was blowing the cold wind and stared at the shuttle buses filing out of the village entrance with a sad face.
Obviously, he is one of the anxious people.
In terms of background, the bosses of the factories in the territory are either some technical experts or have Ph.D.s from some well-known universities. Occasionally, some of them will play mixed doubles.
In terms of ability, these people know astronomy and geography, they can talk about beautiful women and farming, and they are more than enough to beat him with one hand.
In terms of potential, learning is his biggest headache, but for those people, they wish they could study twenty-four hours a day.
How can humans compete with a group of lunatics?
As the first store in the territory recognized by the lord and issuing loans, it is also the first star store opened in the core of Hope Village.
As a big boss who sells tens of thousands of pieces of a single product (wolf crossbow), Yoyo Fire King is very sad.
His weapon shop lasted about four days, or five days?
Can’t remember clearly.
Anyway, no one has come to pick out weapons for a long time.
Yes, it has deteriorated to the point where no one even goes in to take a look!
Since the Metal Sigh disaster ended, the villagers who were originally willing to come and take a look at the wooden crossbows were no longer interested this time.
The further improvement of the industrial system has completely driven down the price of guns.
Now the price of a standard gentleman's pistol has plummeted to 25 copper coins. Half a month's salary is enough to buy one.
Although the retail price of bullets is slightly higher, they still cost 5 iron coins each.
But that thing is not really used for fighting. It is of little use if you buy it. It is enough to store a magazine.
What?
You said that to buy a gun, you need to go to the territory to apply for a gun license first. To apply for a gun license, you need to study a systematic shooting tutorial and participate in several shooting tests?
This is no big deal, just treat it like taking a driver’s license test.
Anyway, I came here and had nothing to do. I usually go to the shooting range to practice shooting after work.
If an enemy comes, you can pick up a gun and become a temporary soldier to protect your home!
With such a change in thinking, it is inevitable that Langnu will be disliked.
After all, no matter how powerful it is, no matter how easy it is to use, how many people who are really willing to go out of the territory to fight don’t have guns?
"Hey, boss, why are you sitting outside?"
Not far from the weapons store, a girl with a plopped head came over, holding breakfast in her hand.
When he saw the Fire King Youyou sitting at the door, he was suddenly startled.
When the weapons store was doing its best business before, the number of people including the boss and the boss’ father expanded to ten.
The size of the weapon shop also tripled, with production capacity reaching fifty weapons per day at its peak.
But now, the boss is depressed by the current situation. Dad was so busy some time ago that he went back to rest, and she is the only clerk left.
Is it possible?
“It’s okay, I came early, so I can blow the cold air to wake myself up.”
Ma Lan breathed a sigh of relief without mentioning the layoffs, and quickly left the package He took out the key and opened the door. A dull smell of rotting wood came from inside, as some unprocessed wood was piled in the corner.
It seems that it has been piled up for many days, right?
Ever since the orders went out of business, the workers who processed the wood have not come again, and the boss has no intention of taking care of them.
He glanced at Yoyo Fire King, who was still sitting at the door in a daze.
Ma Lan fetched a basin of water and began to diligently wipe the fly ash on the counter with a rag.
It's just that there's only so much work that can be done in the shop, and it can basically be done in less than half an hour.
Looking at the boss who still hadn’t left, Malan gritted his teeth and could only sort out the pile of rotten wood.
“Forget it, we don’t need those things anymore.”
Hearing the noise, Wu You finally came to his senses and sighed lonely.
“Without customers, I don’t think our store can stay open for long.”
It is indeed a good thing with symbolic significance that the residents do not make money to buy weapons.
And there are still thousands of copper coins in the store account, which can last for a long time even if there are no customers.
But when a tree is moved, it dies, and when a person is moved, it lives.
It's time to find a new business before more people join the territory and create fierce competition.
"Boss" Malan opened her mouth but stopped talking.
"Just say what you want to say. I won't fire you until the store closes."
"That's good."
You won't be fired as soon as you hear it.
While Ma Lan breathed a sigh of relief, she couldn't help but be speechless for a while.
Wouldn’t the liquidated damages for dismissal be wasted if the store closes down? This guy is really a stingy guy.
"That's what I think. Since no one wants to buy weapons, and we have a store in such a good location."
"Why don't we just change our business and become a 24-hour convenience store? The stores in the territory buy some of their signature products and then sell them at a slightly higher price?”
“That’s inappropriate.” Wu You was stunned.
It’s not like he hasn’t thought about changing careers, but there are too many problems.
“People in the wasteland are different from those on earth. In order to save some money, they would definitely take a few extra steps.”
"Then change it to a breakfast shop. I happen to be able to steam steamed buns, just like the daily fresh ones in front of the office building?"
"You?" Wu You covered his forehead: "You are a manual route player? How to compete with those chef players? "
The route era has given players more possibilities, giving mediocre humans a new route to become stronger.
But at the same time, it has also raised the barriers to entry for each profession countless times.
For example, now, the chef industry in the territory has become a unique profession. It is extremely difficult for players without route bonuses to get a share of the pie.
"Then why don't we wait for the new batch of people to come and see if we can recruit some capable people?"
"We can recruit chefs, or hire big bosses who can transform the store."
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Ma Lan thought about it with her fingers, and then said: "Those newcomers have never seen the world, so their requirements are definitely not high. Let's take the opportunity to sign for more time and years, and we will make a profit without losing money."
" Eh"
Wu You's mind turned and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"But what if they don't want to join our store? What I mean is that the years of service are increased and the salary is not so outrageous." Right, boss?”
“You’re right!”
Wu You couldn’t help but look at the only clerk he had left.
Look, this guy is even more exploitable than me!
But it was just like what she said, in the fire weapons store that was on the verge of bankruptcy.
Newcomers can indeed gain great autonomy to decide the store's next transformation direction and sales strategy.
“If you decide to go, boss, do you need to prepare in advance?”
“When I just came here, I saw many people going to the General Administration of Work to submit their applications. ?”
“What the hell?”
In fact, what Malan said was conservative.
The number of bosses standing at the General Administration of Work waiting to submit applications in advance to obtain the right to sign new employees are not just "a lot of people".
There are at least hundreds of people!
Based on head count, one person can only be divided into three people at most, not counting the gap at the factory.
For newcomers, the attitude of all bosses is unprecedentedly positive.
This was something that was hard to imagine before.
After seeing this, Lord Sumo could only describe it as 'greatly shocked'.
"The attributes of the newcomers have not been fully explored yet. If a baby with high attributes can be found, these bosses are willing to take them back and train them carefully."
"Other players with low attributes Don’t worry, it’s easy to upgrade in the early stages of the route, which can quickly bridge the gap between them and other ordinary people.”
The person standing in the office reporting became Qiao Yuansheng.
As for Chen Shen, because the chaos in the Giant Tree Root Sea ended in advance under Bao Lei's suppression, he was sent there three days ago to be responsible for the subsequent construction work of the sub-territory and the talent recruitment plan.
"Where are the rescue teams from other directions? Have you found anything?"
Sumo pointed his finger at the table, in front of him was the report that the expedition team had just sent back in the morning.
What’s a bit strange is that the four rescue teams sent out by the territory have only found more than 300 people.
The expedition team responsible for heading to the Strategy Research Institute has actually gathered nearly a thousand people along the way.
"Except for those heading to the west, which we still have no clue about, the other rescue teams have basically found them."
Qiao Yuansheng nodded and continued.
“The decision we made now is indeed correct. Taking the initiative can help us add at least tens of thousands of people before spring comes. However, I think we are still a little too conservative in the specific strategies we implement.”< br>
“How do you say that?”
“Do you know that there is already a territory on the World Channel pretending to be the human Su Shen, and they are recruiting people under the banner of Su Shen?”
"I heard something." Sumo nodded slightly.
Not to mention under the banner of Su Shen, what are the ten-year Su Shen fans, the support groups, the old fan groups. As more and more survivors enter the New World, various miscellaneous organizations begin to Appeared like mushrooms after rain.
In addition, the territories and gathering places now organized by players have begun to be promoted on the world channel with different concepts, just like when they first traveled to the wasteland.
Is it possible that Qiao Yuansheng planned to start with World Chat when he launched his first battle?
(End of this chapter)